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Chicago Colocation and Interconnection Services at 350 E. Cermak Road

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Telx is the leading colocation and interconnection service provider at 350 East Cermak Road. This facility provides access to over 40 of the leading domestic and international carriers and physical connections points of the world's telecommunications networks and internet backbones.

This facility also provides low-latency access to financial exchange and application providers, media and content providers, software-as-a-service providers and numerous enterprises.

Telx acquired its Chicago colocation center in December 2006. Located in the South Loop of the Chicago Central Business District, 350 E. Cermak, is the premier mission critical datacenter and telecommunications facility in the Midwest. The facility offers access to the CME/LNET Exchanges, direct access to SFTI Network and other carriers via fiber to the other suites within the building.

All Telx installations are performed to comply with or exceed the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) industry standards.

Facility Overview
• Fire Protection: Pre-Action, early warning
• High density Cabinets and Footprints available
• Floor Loads: 150+lbs/sf
• HVAC
• Monitoring: Mission Critical Systems, surveillance, access control
• Power: AC and DC, Generator UPS
• Roof Rights Available
• SAS 70 Compliant
• Fire Safety: VESDA and Pre-action dry-pipe
• Security: 24x7x365 lobby security and technical support

Additional Benefits of Telx's Chicago Data Center
and Colocation Facility 
• Access to the CME/LNET via a cross connect to the Telx Interconnection Center
• Direct access to SFTI and other carriers via fiber to other suites within the building
• Access to over 60 Financial Ecosystems
• Low Latency connection options
• Direct access to Telx's Virtual Exchange (VX) enabling SONET-SDH-Ethernet translations.
• Direct access to Telx's Financial Exchange (FBX)
• Direct access to Telx's Internet Exchange (TIE) 
• Direct access to Peering Exchanges
• Global options for transport solutions
• Network neutral multi-carrier networking
• Business continuity & disaster recovery
• Solves interconnect problem
• Cost effective

About 350 East Cermak: The 1.1 million square foot facility is owned by Digital Realty Trust.  Originally developed by the R.R. Donnelley Co. to house the printing presses for the Yellow Book and Sears Catalog, 350 East Cermak was converted to telecom use by the Carlyle Group in 1999, and owned by El Paso Global Networks from 2001-2005.

The industrial strength infrastructure includes four fiber vaults and three electric power feeds, which provide the building with more than 100 megawatts of power. 350 East Cermak is currently the second-largest power customer for Commonwealth Edison, trailing only Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Grid power is supported by more than 50 generators throughout the building, which are fueled by multiple 30,000 gallon tanks of diesel fuel. 

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